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The $400 million first stage of the Tianqi Lithium Plant project was now under construction. Image: Tianqi Lithium Australia.
BY ELIZABETH FABRI
CHINESE-owned Tianqi Lithium has agreed to invest $317 million towards an expansion of its Kwinana Lithium Plant in WA, currently under construction.
The...

Rio Tinto’s Amrun project.
BY CAMERON DRUMMOND
RIO TINTO has awarded a $100 million contract to power provider Aggreko Australia Pacific to build and operate a 20MW power station at its $2.6 billion Amrun bauxite project near Weipa in North QLD.
The station is to be a high efficiency...

The Koodaideri deposit is located in the Hamersley Range, WA.
BY ELIZABETH FABRI
RIO Tinto has poured $30.9 million into a feasibility study of its Koodaideri greenfields iron ore deposit in WA, which could see construction begin in 2019 and first ore delivered by 2021.
The $2.2...

Rio Tinto’s Hail Creek coal mine. Image: Rio Tinto.
BY CAMERON DRUMMOND
THE QUEENSLAND Government has proposed changes would make sure large mines across the State are properly rehabilitated, protecting the environment and creating more jobs in the resource services industry.
Speaking...

BY ELIZABETH FABRI
FORTESCUE Metals Group, Roy Hill, and MMG were awarded top honours at the 2017 Platts Global Metals Awards in London last night.
In its fifth year, the awards ceremony aimed to recognise the “best of the best” in the metals industry, with 15 awards winners chosen...

Image: QCoal.
BY ELIZABETH FABRI
QCOAL will soon begin construction at its $1.76 billion majority-owned Byerwen coal project in North East Queensland after receiving State Government approval last month to develop two of its tenements.
The joint venture project between QCoal...

The Woodlawn zinc-copper project site near Tarago, NSW. Image: Heron Resources.
BY CAMERON DRUMMOND
MULTI-commodity focused explorer Heron Resources has awarded a $107m contract for the development of its Woodlawn zinc-copper project in NSW.
The engineering, procurement and construction...

Salt Lake Potash intends to become Australia’s first producer of sulphate of potash. Image: Salt Lake Potash.
BY CAMERON DRUMMOND
WA-based miner Salt Lake Potash has raised $17.6 million for the development of a pilot plant at its Goldfields Salt Lakes project near Laverton,...

Image: AngloAmerican.
BY CAMERON DRUMMOND
STEADY decline in iron ore prices is expected over the next five years, with a targeted drop in production from the world’s largest steelmaker China and new ore production from mega projects in Australia and Brazil sparking oversupply fears.
Surging...